Pacers Player Slaps Ray Allen In The Chest, Pretends To Get Elbowed In The Face As Game 4 Gets Chippy

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After a Heat blowout in Game 3, the Eastern Conference Finals is getting chippy.

At the end of first quarter, Pacers guard Lance Stephenson and Heat guard Ray Allen got into a mini spat.

Stephenson blew by Allen for a bucket. On the way back down the court, Stephenson seemed to give Allen a little slap in the chest. Allen took offense, and flung his elbow. The elbow never made contact, but Stephenson flew back as if he'd been punched right in the nose.

They continued to jaw after that.

A very dumb exchange all around.

But there is some real bad blood between these two teams. After Game 1 Roy Hibbert accused Shane Battier of intentionally kneeing him in the groin. In Game 2, Dwyane Wade appeared to elbow Stephenson in the head but he wasn't called for a foul or punished after the fact.

LeBron James also picked up a technical in this game.

The spat: